Clothing manufacturer Oxford Industries Inc. has denied U.S. discrimination regulators’ charges that it wrongfully terminated a disabled employee, arguing it went above and beyond federal requirements to accommodate an injured worker before firing him.

Marking one of the stiffest penalties imposed in a corporate crime case in recent months, founder and former chief executive of online real estate listings company Homestore Inc. has been handed a 15-year prison sentence and a $5 million fine for masterminding a $67 million accounting fraud.

Kraft Foods Global Inc. has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which sued the multinational company for allegedly forcing an employee with multiple sclerosis to resign.

A judge has dismissed a case brought by a former Coca-Cola Co. employee who sued the beverage manufacturer after he missed out on a better pension plan by leaving just before the company started offering improved packages to workers who lost jobs due to downsizing.

An Ohio construction company accused of illegally firing black carpenters and replacing them with inexperienced latino workers has settled a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In an opening statement Thursday, a prosecutor accused the former marketing head of Royal Ahold NV’s U.S.-based food distribution unit and others of creating bogus supplier rebates to inflate the unit’s income by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bankrupt flooring manufacturer Congoleum Corp. is seeking court permission to regain exclusive control to seek support for its reorganization plan, claiming a rival plan filed by insurers isn’t viable due to a shortage of cash.

Unperturbed by an unfavorable decision by a district court in Arizona, FedEx Corp. recently delivered its motion to dismiss an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission subpoena to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Still hoping for a favorable decision, Danish toy maker Lego System AS has appealed to the European Union’s second highest court in its ongoing battle to win trademark protection for its popular snap-together block design.